Vehicle-seat.



D. WARNER.

VEHICLE SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED maze. 1914.' RENEW'ED JULY 2. I915.

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OF MISHAWAKA, INDIANA.

VEHICLE-SEAT.

To all wiiom z't may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL \VARNER, a citi.of the United int-ates, residing at Bronson, in the county of Branch andState of Michigan, have inv nted a new and useful Vehicle-Seat, of.:nl;h the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in spring seats and moreparticularly to a spring seat especially adapted for use in automobiles.

An object of the presentinvention is to provide a spring seat which willsuccessfully take up the jars and shocks incident to the passing of theautomobile or vehicleover rough roads.

A further object is to provide in connection with a. spring seat whichis hingedly secured at its rear edge. to a supporting structure novelmeans for yieldably supporting the seat.

W th the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination. andarrangement of parts and 1n the.

details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionherein disclosed, can be made with in. the scope of what is claimed,without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a partthereof, the

preferable form of my invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the improveddevice and illustrating the same with the seat platein a slightly raisedposition to more clearly illusrate the structural details of the device.Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorre; sponding parts throughout the several views, a frame or support4:, which includes a board or panel 5 having a central opening oraperture 6, has a seat plate 7 hinged thereto. To this endthe rear edgeof the seat plate 7 is connected by means of hinges 8 to the rearportion of the frame a. The normal position of the oscillatory seatplate 7 which carries the cushion 9 is a forwardly inclined one asillustrated in. Fig. 2.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' the bottom of, the seat A ltigidly secured to and depending from 55the seat plate 7 is "a rod or stem 10 which is so positioned t ziat itwill pass through the aperture 6 of the board A. bowed lea spring 11 hasan aperture 12 intermedi i s .ends, and the rod 16 slidahly at throughthe said aperture. The is approximately parallel to the ion nal axis'ofthe-him and the di ate portion of tin ably engages the rod the board 5,while t bear against the 3 takes up and inodili in order to prevent inseat, a coiled sprn rod 10, between the and washer and l. end of the rod10 an compression of the sp ed soas to p: action of the lea The leafspring sion spring 13 and whilethespring l3 pro 'e Y ture 6 as clearlyillustrate the seat will be yiehilabiy supp comfortable manner.

The many advent a present device will he app which may be nentionel. tture that the hin co '5: it to vibrate conveniently, without a 'sidewisemotion.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is A seat structureeinl'iodying a frame, a seat hinged thereon, a rod secured to anddepending from the seat, the frame naving opening for the passage of thesaid rod, a 5H3 bowed spring having its intermediate poi tion slidlablyengaging the rod to seatupon the frame. and having its ends bearingagainstthe seat. and an. expansion coiled wire spring mounted upon therod between the bowed spring and the free end of the rod.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, 1 have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL WARNER.

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